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HENRY G. CARR,- OF LEWISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. Letters Patent No. 65,342, dated Jzme 4, 1867-.

IMPROVED PROTECTOR FOR GAR-WINDOWS.

To ALL WHoM 1T MAY ooNoERN;

Be it known that I, HENRY Gr'. CARR, of Lewistown, Miillin county, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an improved Car-Tindcw Grooved Protector; and I do hereby declare the following to be an exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of refe-rence marked thereon, making a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure l represents a front view of a car-window with the protectors, one open and the other closed.

Figure 2 is an end view, exhibiting the grooved protector open, the arrows showing the direction of the wind iying oli' from the car instead of whirling into the window.

The nature of my invention is a self-acting and self-adjusting hinged strip, that is grooved on the side and attached by a hinge to the Sash-fran1e of a car-window, half the length of the window-frame, and about the length or height of the glass, one on each side ofthe glass, so that the glass may be hoisted whilst the cars are moving, and the View not be obstructed, whilst the wind, sparks, and dust are driven off and prevented from entering the window, and-the protector adjusting itself at right angles with the ear, as the cars move forward or backward; the length of the protector being about eighteen inches, and in width about four inches.

'A represents the Awindow-frame of a railway car, B the glass, C C the hinges by which-the strips are attached to the sash-frame A. D D are the strips or grooved protectors, that, when closed, rest against the ear, and when open they stand at right angles with the oar, have grooves E E on their sides to conduct the wind, sparks, or dust from the car, and prevent them from entering the window, whilst the window-glass is hoistedand the foul air in the -car passes out, the view not obstructed, and the passengers made more coinfortable; 'and the protectors being grooved, do not oi'er the same resistance to the moving 'of the cars as the smooth and square ventilators, or wind-defenders, as they are commonly called and used.

I do not claini a revolving or stationary shutter used heretofore as a ventilator or spark-breaker, but what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The self-acting grooved protector constructed and onerating as herein described and for the purposes set forth.

H. G. CARR.

Vi i tnesses:

J. FRANKLIN Rnrennr, JOHN S.' HoLLINcsnnAD. 

